Chapter 272 End of the Year
After Wang Shan got married, she became busy again.
Ever since her painting "Journey to Weizhou" a few years ago became famous in the art world, and last year her painting "Plum" was selected for the Guangdong Province Flower and Bird Exhibition, making her a leading figure among young Chinese painters in Guangdong Province, more and more people have come to her to buy paintings or hold exhibitions.
Mr. Zhang from Gang City was no exception. He invited her to Gang City many times and even sent Guo Dongyuan.
After considering many factors, Wang Shan finally agreed to hold an art exhibition in Hong Kong in 2019.
To hold an art exhibition, you must have works of art, so Wang Shan spent more time on painting after getting married.
Yan Shen is also very busy. The laboratory is in a critical period and cannot be left without help. He and his team are in the laboratory almost 24 hours a day.
Since the couple is so busy, they definitely have no plans to get pregnant in the near future, and the parents on both sides will return to their previous lives.
Lin Qiu and Wang Xiuren went back to their hometown when they had nothing to do.
Firstly, the old couple now just want to stay in their hometown and don’t want to go out easily; secondly, the air in their hometown is fresh, life is convenient, and it is more comfortable to live there.
Wang Xiuren now has a new hobby, fishing. When he has nothing to do, he carries a fishing rod, calls his brother-in-law and father-in-law, and looks for wild ponds everywhere to fully enjoy the fun of wild fishing.
Although they didn't catch many fish, the three of them enjoyed it very much and each of them became three degrees darker.
Lin Qiu also developed a hobby, which is shooting short videos of planting flowers and vegetables.
The lush and neat vegetable plots, the colorful and gorgeous flower beds, the clean and comfortable farmyard, coupled with light music, attracted many people to like and follow.
From time to time, people in the comment section urged her to update quickly.
As a result, Lin Qiu became even more motivated.
Time passes quickly in our busy and fulfilling lives.
When Lin Qiu accidentally saw on his phone that Jiangcheng Hospital was overcrowded, he suddenly remembered his memories of the new coronavirus.
When the epidemic broke out on a large scale in her previous life, it coincided with the end of the year. Like all ordinary people, she was in a state of panic all day long.
He and Wang Xiuren were fine, as they left Foshan early because they were going back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year.
But Wang Shan hasn't had her holiday yet.
The couple urged their daughter to come home every day, and every night during the video chat, they kept asking, "When is the holiday? Did you buy the train ticket?"
Lin Qiu was worried and kept checking the news all day, hoping that his daughter would come home soon.
Wang Xiuren was also worried and couldn't sleep well at night.
Fortunately, the school holiday started early and Wang Shan came back soon.
After Wang Shan returned home, the couple finally felt relieved and bought a lot of food and drinks, filling the refrigerator and lockers.
During that period, Lin Qiu actually didn't have a very hard time.
She, her husband and daughter stayed at home obediently as required, watching TV and playing with their mobile phones.
When her daughter received the notice to take online classes, she and Wang Xiuren would watch her daughter take the classes through the glass window when they had nothing to do.
This time, as soon as she saw the news, she started preparing in advance.
After tidying up the room, I ran to the hospital to buy masks, various medicines, alcohol, disinfectant, etc.
Wang Xiuren was a little puzzled, "Why buy these things?"
"Didn't the news say that there were many people with colds and fevers in Jiangcheng? I was afraid that the disease would spread to our place during the Spring Festival travel rush, so I made preparations in advance," Lin Qiu explained.
"Jiangcheng is still some distance away from us!" Wang Xiuren felt that she was worrying too much.
"It's better to be prepared!" Lin Qiu changed the subject, "It's almost the New Year, we need to prepare pork, beef and mutton. You and my father should go to the mountains to ask around, and decide as soon as possible if there is something suitable."
“It’s still a long way to go before the New Year!”
"Don't you want to make some more braised pork and bacon and send them to your in-laws? They can't buy such good local pork in Pengcheng."
Lin Qiu's words were not an excuse. Yan Shen's parents were both public servants and they only had three or four days off during the Chinese New Year and could not leave their posts easily.
If the epidemic happens again, I will probably be so busy that I won’t even have time to buy groceries.
"This requires preparation in advance." Wang Xiuren nodded.
Lin Qiu not only arranged for Wang Xiuren to purchase a lot of supplies, but also cleared the vacant land behind the house and scattered cabbage seeds and radish seeds.
She was so energetic that even Zhou Qing found it a little strange: "Qiuqiu, there are only a few people in your family, why do you grow so many vegetables?"
“If you can’t finish it, you can dry it into vegetables!” Lin Qiu replied with a smile.
In addition to growing vegetables, Lin Qiu also bought more than ten chickens and a net to keep them in the back.
Now even Wang Shan began to wonder whether Lin Qiu was planning to stay in his hometown in the future.
"Maybe mom has reached the age where she likes growing vegetables and raising chickens. Doesn't everyone say that as we Chinese get older, our interests and hobbies will eventually turn to farming?" Yan Shen guessed.
By the end of the year, Lin Qiu had covered the entire vegetable garden with plastic film, and it was full of vegetables for the winter. The hens in the pen also began to lay eggs. The kitchen was filled with dried meat and bacon, and the refrigerator was filled with beef and mutton.
Lin Qiu began to urge Wang Shan: "When will you come back for the New Year? Or should we invite Yan Shen's parents over as well?"
Last year, Wang Shan went to Yan Shen's home to celebrate the New Year, and they agreed at that time that she would return to her hometown for the New Year this year.
"Then I'll go ask my parents-in-law." Wang Shan hung up the video call with her mother and called her mother-in-law.
"Mom, my parents invite you and Dad to spend the New Year in my hometown."
Yan's mother thought about it and decided that since the in-laws had invited her, she might as well go to Hunan Province to celebrate the New Year together. Anyway, the young couple was not at home, and she and Old Yan would be very cold to each other.
"Okay, your dad and I will go directly there when we have our day off."
"Then we'll come back with you to visit grandpa and grandma in Yangcheng."
Unexpectedly, Wang Shan and Yan Shen were unable to return to Yangcheng to visit their elderly parents during the New Year.
Yan Shen’s parents had no choice but to rush back to Pengcheng overnight.
On the way back, Lin Qiu not only filled their trunk with all kinds of meat and vegetables, but also stuffed them with three boxes of masks.
Yan Shen's parents knew that masks were an important commodity that was hard to buy even with money at this time, so they refused to give them to them.
“We still have quite a few at home.”
Lin Qiu opened the locker to prove it, and only then did Yan Shen's parents feel at ease to accept it.
"Mom, I really admire your foresight!" Wang Shan couldn't help but praise.
Originally, she and Yan Shen were worried that there wouldn’t be enough food at home, after all, they didn’t know how long they would stay in their hometown.
But when she saw the radishes and cabbages planted in the vegetable garden, and the various kinds of vegetables hanging in the kitchen, as well as the filled storage cabinets and refrigerator, she finally understood the meaning of the eight words "If you have food in your hands, you will not be worried."
There was plenty of food and daily necessities at home, and there were more vegetables in the fields than the four of them could finish.
So, Wang Xiuren took Wang Shan and his wife to deliver food to Wang Xiuli and Wang Xiuxin.
Both families usually work outside, and the land at home is left idle. Now is the time when there is a shortage of vegetables.
As for Lin Qiu's family and Wang Xiude, their vegetable fields are much larger than Wang Xiu'ren's, so they have no worries at all.
Wang Xiuli and Wang Xiuxin took the food and also gave back some things, including fruit snacks and various dry goods.
After a few visits, the families started to get to know each other.
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